Dál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dál

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words:

Definitions

1 dál

n. A division, allotment, portion, DOLE; discrimen, divisio, portio :-- Ic sette dál betwux ðín folc and mín folc ponam divisionem inter populum meum et populurn tuum, Ex. 8, 23. Is ðes middangeard dálum gedǽled this earth is divided into parts, Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 18; Gú. 25. Swá beóþ mód-sefan dálum gedǽled, sindon dryht-guman ungelíce dispositions are distributed by parts, while people are unlike, 83 b; Th. 314, 29-32; Mód. 21-23. DER. ge-dál, to-. dal

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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